Quotes - Other 1 (Quotations are by anonymous authors unless otherwise noted) Children "Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead should try telling a child to go to bed." "Apartheid is a pigment of the imagination." -- from a student's paper "Life begins with contraception." -- from another student's paper "When my mum opened a tin of sardines last night it was full of oil and all the sardines were dead." -- a child explaining the harmful effects of oil on sea life "All unattended children will be given two shots of espresso and a free puppy." -- sign in a coffee shop "An allowance is what you pay your children to live with you." Empathy "Empathy is magical; the energy inevitably shifts when I'm fully present to the other person!" Faith "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly." Friendship "If my friends were to jump off a bridge I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them." "A friend is the first one to come in when the whole world has gone out." Happiness "Happiness is not having what you want. It's wanting what you have." "We don't need more money, we don't need greater success or fame, we don't need the perfect body or even the perfect mate. Right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness." "The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour." "To give happiness is to deserve happiness." Homosexuality "When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." -- From the tombstone of a gay Vietnam veteran "Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons." -- Letter to the editor, The Advocate Index